The chairman of Juventus, Andrea Agnelli, admits the European Super League proposal is dead following the withdrawal of all six Premier League clubs which had initially signed up as founder members.
Late last night it was confirmed that Manchester United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham had pulled out following widespread condemnation from supporters, players, managers and political parties from all sides.
Atletico Madrid, AC Milan and Inter Milan followed suit on Wednesday by confirming their withdrawal, while Juventus stopped short of formally leaving but admitted the possibility of it happening now are “limited”.
It leaves just Real Madrid and Barcelona as the clubs yet to perform their own u-turn.
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Asked if the plan can still go ahead, Agnelli told Reuters: “To be frank and honest no, evidently that is not the case.”
It has been a dramatic 48 hours, and on Tuesday night the dominoes started to fall when it was reported that Chelsea were looking to withdraw, with fans demonstrating outside Stamford Bridge ahead of their Premier League game with Brighton.
Other sides quickly joined them.Agnelli has been one of the leaders of the rival competition to the Champions League, and while Liverpool’s principal owner John W Henry fessed up to an error in judgement and apologised to their supporters, the Juventus chief is sure it was the right avenue to explore.”
I remain convinced of the beauty of that project,” Agnelli said.
